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Historical Event on 3/26/1972
The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1997 | Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers. |
| 1/10/1996 | 27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi. |
| 9/20/1928 | Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today. |
| 3/17/1943 | Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma. |
| 10/31/1843 | Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born. |
| 3/26/1987 | Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 9/22/1789 | Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department. |
| 6/1/1944 | M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 10/22/1983 | The Union government reduces the upper age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 28 years to 26 years. |
| 1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
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